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Former Texas state Rep. Joseph Nixon was on a business trip in Washington when he had the fortune of running into thousands of people who were protesting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Let’s just say that he thinks the protesters are misguided. …

Texas at the Potomac talked to economists and sifted through studies on the topic to find ten other reasons the Texas has added jobs – and most of them have little or nothing to do with state policy. Find out what else may have helped along the Lone Star state’s recovery, and why some economists say you should take Texas’ success with a grain of salt.

A dispute over whether to give coastal states a greater share of federal royalties for offshore drilling near their shores is expected to flare up during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s debate on the bill next Thursday. …

In a letter to President Barack Obama, Sugar Land Rep. Pete Olson and other Republican lawmakers today also are blasting the decision to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as evidence that U.S. energy policy is off track. …

Just as quickly as gas prices dropped — the news sent prices down for West Texas Intermediate crude by $5 — GOP lawmakers criticized the decision to release 30 million barrels of oil from from the United States’ Strategic Petroleum Reserve. …

In the wake of House-approved legislation that aims to speed up decisions on the Keystone XL pipeline, Rep. Ted Poe yesterday continued to offer his full support to the expansion that would deliver Canadian oil sands crude to Gulf Coast refineries.

The congressman, who co-sponsored the bill, called for the Obama Administration to “quit stalling and make a decision” on the TransCanada project.

Republicans pushed legislation through a House panel today that would give the Obama administration a Nov. 1 deadline to decide on whether to approve or deny the pipeline that would deliver Canadian oil sands crude to Gulf Coast refineries. …

President Barack Obama directed federal agencies Tuesday to begin buying hybrid and electric cars, with a directive that by 2015, all new vehicles purchased by the federal government will use alternative fuel. …